Day #4 and Going Strong –

I am sure that I should be opening my blog entry with content and not fluff but I cannot resist. So here we go – Does this class seem to fly by for all of you? I just feel the first half of a workday is about three times as long as the first half of my day when in this class.

As for today’s class (Power Point Style):

• In hindsight I really liked the Freedman reading:
  • I agree that the material is somewhat challenging, but that is also what makes it solid.
  • Through the discussion and the questions I feel like we were all able to grasp the material and talk about it intelligently with one another. What more could we ask for?
  • The three items that most interested me:
    • The concept that members of the “art world” should easily understand this thing we call art. Especially including the Fred Tomaselli story. (p65)
    • I like the Expert-Novice developmental model as an idea to consider when educating adults. After considering the stage-by-age model I would believe that in reality most people develop in some combination of the two methods.(p72)
    • Lastly I love that Rosenberg coined the phrase “craft plus inspiration” which is what I received a lot of in public school. (p73)

• The Short Term Memory Test was a great way to break up the class and introduce to issues with observers of Slide Presentations.
• The Power Point Activity was a little concerning, I think about if I was going to do someone else’s taxes for instance. I would want training of some kind, or a instructional manual for guidance, but as we saw in the presentations today. Some people apparently believe they can design and attempt to inform audiences in what ever way they desire. Though obviously they will fail. This does bring forward the question, even after this course, and our degree, are we truly qualified to present information in this way? I have been leading the presentations off and on for a few years and I am still slightly hesitant to go out there before some good presentation editors have taken a look at my materials. I think we should all have these methods of quality control.
• The End.